Over 100 signatures from the former Norwood Assembly workforce adorn this limited edition print, made specially for the Norwood Legends Celebration and Car Show which was held on August 26th, 2017 - 30 years to the day since the closure of the Norwood plant in 1987.

We've been working hard since the Norwood Legends Celebration and Car Show to get the 30th anniversary commemorative poster ready for printing. The outreach we experienced from retirees thanking us for what we put together was wonderful! We also had several former Norwood workers contact us that couldn't make the show asking us if we could add their signatures.

Since the event we've met with more of the Norwood workforce, digitized signatures from everyone we've interviewed for the film, and even pulled signatures from a film frame from our documentary for inclusion on the poster. In all, we've collected over 100 signatures and assembled them on this limited edition poster print!

Once we get the posters back from the print shop, Gary Ragle, the poster's designer, of Ragle Design will sign and number the limited edition prints. We'll then roll and tube them and get them on their way to those that ordered these special one of a kind Norwood commemorative posters. We should have them mailed by Thanksgiving, scheduled to arrive by the end of November just in time for the holiday season!

Special thanks to Gary Ragle (left) of Ragle Design for this amazing poster design! Documentary director Drew Money (right) talks with Gary on Camera about the special poster design.

Be sure to check NorwoodLegends.com often to find out when you will be able to order additional copies of the Norwood commemorative poster as well as advanced pre-sale special edition copies of the film due out mid-year 2018!

Smyth Automotive, an awesome Norwood Legends sponsor, is accepting images for consideration in their 2018 automotive calendar. If you have some high-resolution print-ready beauty shots of your special ride, send them to drew@779video.com by Friday, November 10th and your car might just make the cut!

Email your best high-resolution print-ready beauty shot of your special ride to drew@779video.com by Friday, November 10th and enter for a chance to win a spot in the 2018 Smyth Automotive Calendar!

Check out some comments from our special friend that we made on the Bandit Run, Mr. Burt Reynolds!

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Bandit Run 2017 - Celebrating Norwood Muscle and the legacy of the Bandit!

2017 not only marks the 30th anniversary of the Norwood GM plant closure, but it also marks the 40th anniversary of Smokey and the Bandit! To celebrate, we decided to take "Loretta", my Norwood-built 1979 Trans Am, down to the southeast to do what they say couldn't be done! We're going to drive the route from Smokey and the Bandit along with a group of fun loving Trans Am and Smokey and the Bandit fans. The Bandit Run is a reenactment of the journey portrayed in the 1977 Universal Film, Smokey and the Bandit. All Trans Ams used in the filming of Smokey and the Bandit were built at Norwood. The "Bandit Run" reenactment first took place in 2007 and has become an annual event.

Restore a Muscle Car, a Nebraska based muscle car restoration shop hosts the event and works closely with the Burt Reynolds Institute to celebrate these special cars and raise money for worthwhile charities. Many of the Trans Ams on the Run are Norwood builds, so that's exciting for us!

Loretta was in rough shape having come off of a 2.5 year sabbatical resting in my garage on a flat tire and an aging tank of gas. We put some elbow grease into her and got her moving again. Our only hope is that she will run reliably enough for us to make the 1000 mile plus trip through the southeast to Atlanta! Thank goodness we don't have to block for Snowman and a truck full of beer! Low and slow is our motto, but with loads of excitement. We're in good company with Norwood fans from across the country!

Watch below as my Dad, Alex (one of the Producers of "Norwood, Where Legends Were Born"), and I take our unproven car on a ridiculously long ride for a ridiculously awesome festival - the Smokey and the Bandit 40th Anniversary Festival in Jonesboro, GA. Will we make it? Who knows. One thing I know for sure - we'll have fun along the way!

Day 1 - Starting the Bandit Run!

Day 1 - Road Testing Loretta on a TN Highway.

Day 2 - Tullahoma to Tupelo!

Day 2, Part 2 - Winding down the day in Tupelo.

Day 3 - Tupelo to Leeds. On the Road again!

Day 3, Part 2 - Give me a Diablo Sandwich and a Dr. Pepper!

Day 4 - On Our Way to Atlanta!

Day 4, Part 2

Day 5 - Hard Work Pays Off!

Day 6 - The Smokey and the Bandit Festival!

Day 6 - The Bandit Jump!

Day 7 - Did We Make It Home?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR CHECKING OUT OUR 2017 BANDIT RUN JOURNEY. GO BANDIT!

We've been working hard gathering exclusive Norwood footage and interviews for almost 4 years and now it's finally time to put the pieces together. Watch our IndieGoGo video below and check out our IndieGoGo campaign. If you support us now, you'll get some pretty sweet perks that are as unique as the Norwood plant itself!

Mark Reuss, President of General Motors North America, and Logan Lawson of the Pilot Car Registry with the serial #1 Camaro.

Historic documents* found by Logan Lawson of the Pilot Car Registry (www.pilotcarregistry.com) debunks decades of conspiracy theories revolving around what killed GM's 1960s electric car efforts. It's a long story, going to the moon and back...

Beginning in the mid-1960s, General Motors Defense Labs was heavily, and secretly, involved with the development of an electric drive system for NASA that could power the lunar rover on the Apollo 15 moon mission. This particular capability would give astronauts the ability to travel much further from the lunar lander than ever before. Partnering with Boeing later in the process, mainly for use of their test facilities that simulated an accurate lunar atmosphere, General Motors took on the awesome task of developing the drive system that went into the lunar rover chassis.

GM needed to test the drive system over long distances, effectively trying to run the system into the ground in an effort to uncover vulnerabilities. This was, after-all, to be the first "car" on the moon, taking astronauts further than ever before, and the whole world would be watching. It HAD to be right.

Camaro Test Bed for GMs Electric Reliability Testing

Step 1 for the lunar rover drive system reliability study.

Astronauts Lousma and Carr in the Lunar Rover Mobility Test Vehicle

Step 2 for the lunar rover drive system reliability study. Note the tethered chase vehicle. Batteries were so heavy that had to be carried seperately.

GMs defense labs were so secret that many General Motors employees had no idea that it even existed. GM needed a secret way to test the drive system that wouldn't arouse suspicion from prying eyes outside, or inside, GM. Thus, the Camaro became a perfect way to disguise the endurance reliability tests for this new electric drive system. No one would raise an eyebrow at the site of "reliability testing" scheduled for an F-Car chassis, so arrangements were made in the early months of 1966, to borrow four Pilot Prototype Camaros, #28, #29, #30 and #49, with no drivetrain installed, to act as literal test beds for the drive train component testing.

This was all happening simultaneously with GM's first major foray into electric cars with General Motors Electrovair concept. Most car-loving enthusiasts have at least heard about the Electrovair program that was released to the public in 1966, but what was almost lost to history until recently was just how involved GM was in making the electric car of today a reality.

Electrovair II concept at the GM Heritage Center

Electrovair I Concept

Electrovair I, created by Jalal Salihi, under department supervision of Dr. Paul Agarwal

Electrovair I Concept

Electrovair I, created by Jalal Salihi, under department supervision of Dr. Paul Agarwal

Electrovair II

Thanks to the efforts of Logan Lawson and the team of the Pilot Car Registry, we are now finding out that GM really believed in electric cars many decades back, and only due to infrastructure and battery technology that just simply was not available yet, it never took off, until recently was evidenced behind the Chevy Volt and Bolt.

Logan Lawson

Lead Historian at the Pilot Car Registry

Pilot Car Registry Team and GM at the Woodward Dream Cruise

Corey Lawson Rachel Friedman, wife of Don Friedman

Mr. Lawson shows Mrs. Friedman uncovered documentation

Corey Lawson

Historian at the Pilot Car Registry

Corey and Logan Lawson

The father and son team behind the Pilot Car Registry

Logan Lawson and the Werth Family

John Werth, pictured second from right, was the inventor of the creative concept for the electric drive system developed within GM that was used in the Electrovair concept

Drew Money with Jalal and Mary Salihi

Jalal Salihi, left, was the inventor of the Electrovair I. Drew Money, Director and Producer of "Norwood, Where Legends Were Born" is in the middle

Jamie Schwartz

Research Archivist and Logistics Specialist at the Pilot Car Registry

Corey Lawson and Jalal Salihi

The findings of Logan and the Pilot Car Registry team are so astounding and truly eye-opening that 7/79 Video and the team behind "Norwood: Where Legends Were Born" is partnering with Mr. Lawson to bring this story to life in a separate and thrilling documentary project all about where the modern electric car really started.

*Documents are still under review of the Pilot Car Registry team and 7/79 Video and will be released upon distribution of the new as yet untitled documentary project.

Don Johnson, who put the final part on the last car from Norwood, is interviewed for "Norwood: Where Legends Were Born"

My Dad and I had an interesting Easter weekend. We spent Saturday getting an on-camera interview with Don Johnson (no, not that one, but we think he's equally as cool). Our Don Johnson is the guy who put the final part on the last Camaro on the Norwood assembly line when the plant closed in 1987, and all Camaro/Firebird production moved to Van Nuys, CA. Don rode that red IROC Z-28 to the end of the line, closing an important chapter in American automotive history. What great stories Mr. Johnson had to tell! You'll be able to hear them in Norwood: Where Legends Were Born going on pre-sale next month. Make sure to sign up for our e-mail newsletter updates at https://www.norwoodlegends.com/signup/

Don Johnson, 1987

Don works on the last car off the Norwood line. August 26th, 1987

Don and the filmmakers

Alex, Don, and Drew after Don's interview

From last car to first signature.

Don signs the plaque that will accompany a poster commemorating the 30th anniversary of Norwood Assembly's closure.

Don Johnson, 2017

Don being interviewed for "Norwood, Where Legends Were Born"

Don Johnson. Tennessee, 2017

Don being photographed on a beautiful spring day in Tenneessee.

Drew and Don

Drew scans in pictures from Don's last day at Norwood.

Don and the rare plate.

Don holds his rare commemorative plate that was given to Norwood workers on the final day of the plant's operation. Many workers smashed these plates in a statement of defiance. Don was one of the few men that kept his.

Drew and Don, 2017

Drew shows Don the panel that will hold signatures of former Norwood personnel that will accompany the 30th anniversary poster commemorating the plant's closure.

We have an official poster! We'll be sharing loads of sweet artwork made specifically for this documentary in the coming months. You can only get your hands on it if you buy early, though. Check back often to see when our pre-sale starts!